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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.1.2023.5500
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-5500-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'flac' package(s) announced via the DSA-5500-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'flac' package(s) announced via the DSA-5500-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A buffer overflow was discovered in flac, a library handling Free Lossless Audio Codec media, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.3-2+deb11u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your flac packages.

For the detailed security status of flac please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'flac' package(s) on Debian 11.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-22219
Debian Security Information: DSA-5500 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5500
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZD2AJTU4PCJQP7HPTS2L2ELJWBASCRGD/
https://github.com/xiph/flac/issues/215
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00028.html
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